>On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Keith Addison wrote: > > > > We're veering between incaution and overcaution. There've > > been some other messages pooh-poohing safety in general. > > I'd agree too much safety is dangerous, but so is too little. > > What's required is *due* caution, which needs good information. > > >Thanks again, Keith, for bringing a balanced viewpoint, much >as I do like to veer :-).
:-) So do I Ken, I'm sure we're not the only ones. I suppose it would be wiser always to wait until one had enough information for a balanced viewpoint before veering, but I can't plead guilty to that. >Though hardly a chemophobe, even I would >be horrified to take pure methanol internally even in the minutest >of quantities. Right, no way. Let Nature provide if she wants to, I'm sure she doesn't need any help from me. >I'm cautious but not paranoid about the occasional >whiff of vapor, and less cautious still about absorption through the >skin. I wouldn't immerse my hands in it, but a spill or splash vapor- >izes almost instantly and has no time to be significantly absorbed. I agree with you, but I wouldn't advise it, such advice too easily goes wild - "Ken says Cleopatra used to bath in it" or something. Actually I never get exposed to it when I'm making biodiesel, but like Joe I use it for a lot of other things, it's useful stuff, splashes happen, but it's negligible. I agree with Bob though, I absolutely don't want methanol in my eyes, and I'm careful about that. You're using it with a mix of mostly ethanol aren't you? That'd make it friendlier. Coming soon to a workshop near me, it's only #4 on the list now. Well, on that particular list... All best Keith >-K _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
